A crazy physics instructor goes out to a nearby empty parking lot to conduct a demonstration. He ties a ball to a string and suspends it from the rearview mirror with a string. He then drives around in as tight a circle as his car will allow (a 2015 Subaru Impreza) announcing the speed while his wife sits in the backseat videoing the action. At a speed of 10 mph, a still photo shows the string making an angle of 22° with the vertical. What was the turning radius of the car?

A crazy physics instructor goes out to a nearby empty parking lot to conduct a demonstration. He ties a ball to a string and suspends it from the rearview mirror with a string. He then drives around in as tight a circle as his car will allow (a 2015 Subaru Impreza) announcing the speed while his wife sits in the backseat videoing the action. At a speed of 10 mph, a still photo shows the string making an angle of 22° with the vertical. What was the turning radius of the car?

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

5th Edition

ISBN:9781133104261

Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

Chapter5: More Applications Of Newton’s Laws

Section: Chapter Questions

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